Sergei Gennadiyevich Kruglov (

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: Серге́й Генна́дьевич Кругло́в, born July 26, 1966) is a

poet and priest. Born in

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, he studied journalism at

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but did not graduate. He worked at the urban newspaper ''Vlast' Trudu'' (Russian: Власть труду; ''Power to Labor'') and has published poems since 1993. In 1996 he was baptized in the

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and was ordained as a priest three years later. He serves at Spassky Cathedral in

Minusinsk Minusinsk (; ) is a historical types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: 44,500 (1973). History "About 330-200 B.C. the iron age triumphed at Minusinsk, producing spiked axes, partly bronze and ...

. In 2002 a selection of his poems, previously anthologized in the 2001 collection ''Provincial Literature'', were shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize. In 2008 he received the Prize for his books ''The Mirror'' (Зеркальце, 2007) and ''The Typist'' (Переписчик, 2008).

Published books

* ''The Deposition of the Serpent'' (Снятие Змия со креста, 2003) * ''The Mirror'' (Зеркальце, 2007) * ''The Offering'' (Приношение, 2008) * ''The Typist'' (Переписчик, 2008)

Criticism

* Galina Ermoshina
''Power to the Dark''
a review at Russian Journal, 13 November 2002. *

Dmitry Kuzmin Dmitry Vladimirovich Kuzmin (, born December 12, 1968), is a Russian poet, critic, and publisher. Biography Kuzmin was born in Moscow, son of the architect Vladimir Legoshin and the literary critic Edwarda Kuzmina; among his grandparents were t ...

''Underground Fire''
a review of ''Deposition of the Serpent'' in the ''New Literary Review'', 2003. * Elena Fanailova
''Deposition of the Serpent''
a review in ''The Critical Mass'', issue 2, 2004. *

Boris Dubin Boris Vladimirovich Dubin (; 31 December 1946 – 20 August 2014) was a Russian sociologist, and a translator for English, French, Spanish, Latin American and Polish literature. Dubin was the head of department of sociopolitical researches at t ...

''By Cellulose and Saliva''
an analysis of Kruglov's style in the ''New Literary Review'', 2007.

External links

Bibliography of poetry in English translation
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Sergei Kruglov
at the ''New Literary Map of Russia'' *

at ''Unofficial Poetry'' *

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at ''Russian Week''
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